Author: Joanna Andrews

“I am passionate about it, and so I want you to be passionate about it, too.” One of my professors articulated this to me; she had just finished talking about the freshmen taking her course and how they were talking to each other and on their cell phones more than they paid attention to her. […]

The prospect of a phone application that can monitor the amount of time you spend on your phone is a little terrifying. It is easy to tell ourselves we do not spend as much time on our phones as we do when no one is looking, but seeing the hard numbers of our habits is […]

Every year, the GRAMMY Foundation comes together to honor the best music and artists, each of them hoping to win the iconic golden gramophone, and the masses mull over each year’s choices with both praise and confusion. The 2015 Grammy nominees, not surprisingly, fall into the same familiar duality, with The Banner staff finding this […]

A warm November night set the scene for the opening of the 22nd Annual Riverside Festival of Lights, a seasonal event in Downtown Riverside filled with festivities for attendees of all ages. The event, which began Nov. 28, centers around the Mission Inn Hotel & Spa and features live performances and nightly movies until Jan. […]

Photomath, a new mobile app that solves math equations by taking pictures of printed problems, is the kind of tool that could have students who dislike math singing for joy once the app reaches its full potential. While it is not as universally useful as some might hope, it is a good first step toward […]

The Early Childhood Studies Club’s Sixth Annual Canned Food Drive, which ran from Oct. 20 to Nov. 8, gave California Baptist University students an opportunity to provide for the greater Riverside community in a tangible way. Over the course of the three-week drive, students were encouraged to donate pop-top cans to designated areas on campus, […]

Chatter, laughter and appetizing smells filled the air at the California Baptist University Homecoming Block Party, an event featuring live entertainment, interactive academic booths and a community marketplace. Students, faculty and alumni, as well as members of the Riverside community and guests visiting the area, attended the Block Party Nov. 8. During the Block Party, […]

Yik Yak: a social media app and phenomenon across campus. The mobile app made a quick entrance onto the California Baptist University campus after an email attempting to curb cyberbullying introduced students to the power of anonymous social commentary. The app, which began circulating through university campuses in 2013, does not support accounts and, therefore, […]

Riverside joined TED in its mission to promote local and global conversations by hosting Riverside’s first TEDx talk Oct. 16 at the Fox Performing Arts Center. TEDx Riverside was organized by the City of Riverside with the theme of “Ovation for Innovation,” as an extension of its commitment to making Riverside a City of Arts […]

For Citizens & Saints, a Christian band hailing from Seattle, high energy and meaningful worship are just two pieces of their contribution to the greater goal of Christian unity. The band, who played a concert Sept. 28 at the Grove Community Church and who will be playing a concert at California Baptist University on Oct. […]

For the third time, Jarrod Olson is named conference Coach of the Year, with this one coming in @WACsports. CBU went 18-11, 11-5 in the WAC to take second place in the league after being projected to take seventh or eighth in the conference preseason polls.